Motivation, Cues to Action, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Application of the Health Belief Model among Women in Rural Zambia.

ABSTRACT: Vaccine hesitancy has played a major role in slowing the global COVID-19 response. Using cross-sectional, primarily qualitative data collected in four rural districts in Zambia, we aimed to explore community perceptions of COVID-19 disease and vaccines, including perceived motivators, cues to action, benefits, and barriers to vaccine uptake as guided by the Health Belief Model. In-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted in late 2021 with women of reproductive age who were enrolled in an early childhood development study. Although two-thirds of the 106 respondents reported low perceived risk of catching COVID-19, they expressed concern that the COVID-19 pandemic had impacted their daily lives and feared effects of the disease. They had generally positive beliefs that the vaccine would be acc

SUBMITTER: Kuhfeldt KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542508 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature